What he didn’t know was that in Baltimore, officers’ body cameras often save the last 30 seconds prior to footage being recorded.

The charges against the defendant have apparently been dropped, although it has been reported that Pinheiro has been used in court to help prosecutions even since it became clear what he had done here.

It’s scary to think that this wouldn’t have been uncovered if he wasn’t wearing these relatively new cameras.

Baltimore Police Department

But it’s even more scary to think that this kind of stuff goes on at all, especially in what is meant to be the most democratically free country in the world.

They’re even using a suspended copper to help get prosecutions in other cases. How is that allowed?